New Reference Lab Testing | Legacy VISN 15

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE FOR REFERENCE LAB TESTING IN SUPPORT OF LEGACY VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK (VISN 15). ESTIMATED SOLICITATION PUBLICATION DATE IS OCTOBER 14, 2026.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 15, requires laboratory testing services. The Contractor shall be responsible for performing pre-analytic processing, analysis, and result interpretation for clinical and anatomical pathology specimens as requested by VA Medical Centers (VAMC) in VISN 15 geographic areas needed during the contract period. The contractor shall provide all personnel, transportation, equipment, supplies, facilities, supervision, other items and non-personal services necessary to provide/perform the supplies/services defined in this Performance Work Statement. The contractor assumes all liability risks for the work performed under the contract/order. The contractor must assume total liability for all contractor employees. Services shall include the transportation of clinical laboratory specimens to the Contractor s laboratory(s), performance of pre-analytical specimen processing support services, the performance of analytical testing as defined by the Contractor s reference test manual, the reporting of analytical test results, and consultative services as required to provide the full scope of its laboratory services to the ordering facility. The Contractor shall provide varying levels of support service depending on the unique characteristics presented by each Medical Center, Outpatient Clinic, or Health Care Center.

Services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of a task order by the ordering activity for results to be delivered to the site designated on the task order and in accordance with standards, clauses and provisions of this document.

1. One Task Order will be issued for each location.
2. Participating Medical Centers:
   A. VA Medical Center, 800 Hospital Drive, Columbia, Missouri 65201-5275
   B. VA Medical Center, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, Missouri 64128-2226
   C. VA Medical Center, 4101 S. 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048-5014
   D. VA Medical Center, 2401 West Main St., Marion, Illinois 62959-1188
   E. VA Medical Center, 1500 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901-3318
   F. VA Medical Center, John Cochran Division, 915 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri 63106-1621
   G. VA Medical Center, 2200 Gage Blvd., Topeka, Kansas 66622-0001
   H. VA Medical Center, 5500 East Kellogg, Wichita, Kansas 67218-1607
   I. VA Health Care Center, 6211 E. Waterford Blvd., Evansville, Indiana 47715-2869
   J. VA Medical Center, 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, St. Louis, MO 63125-4181
   K. VA Health Care Center, 711 South Mount Auburn Road, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703-6393
   L. Vendors are advised that VA reorganization may necessitate adding additional locations to this contract in the future. Any such additions will be completed by bilateral modification.